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My Affair with Art House Cinema: Essays and Reviews

By (author) Phillip Lopate

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Finalist, 2025 PEN / Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay, PEN America Phillip Lopate fell hard for the movies as an adolescent. As he matured into an acclaimed critic and essayist, his infatuation deepened into a lifelong passion. My Affair with Art House Cinema presents Lopateâ€™s selected essays and reviews from the last quarter century, inviting readers to experience films he found exhilarating, tantalizing, and beguilingâ€”and sometimes disappointing or frustratingâ€”through his keen eyes. In an essayistâ€™s sinuous prose style, Lopate captures the formal mastery, artistic imagination, and emotional intensity of art house essentials like YasujirÅ Ozuâ€™s Late Spring, David Lynchâ€™s Mulholland Drive, and Andrei Tarkovskyâ€™s Solaris, as well as works by contemporary filmmakers such as Maren Ade, Hong Sang-soo, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Christian Petzold, Paolo Sorrentino, and Jafar Panahi. Essays explore Chantal Akermanâ€™s rigorous honesty, Ingmar Bergmanâ€™s intimacy, Abbas Kiarostamiâ€™s playfulness, Kenji Mizoguchiâ€™s visual style, and Frederick Wisemanâ€™s vision of the human condition. Lopate also reflects on the work of fellow critics, including Roger Ebert, Pauline Kael, and Jonathan Rosenbaum. His considered, at times contrarian critiques and celebrations will inspire readers to watch or rewatch these films. Above all, this book showcases Lopateâ€™s passionate advocacy for not only particular films and directors but also the joys and value of a filmgoing culture.

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